Courses

Literary Genre and Translation I

Course details

Literary Genre and Translation I, 5 ECTS. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this two-phase course with focus on German literary art are as follows: To be familiar with the special characteristics of literary art from the perspective of translation. To be able to approach and describe a literary text from different perspectives, using theoretical tools, and to apply the knowledge received to translation of German literary art. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this two-phase course with focus on German literary art are as follows: To be familiar with the special characteristics of literary art from the perspective of translation. To be able to approach and describe a literary text from different perspectives, using theoretical tools, and to apply the knowledge received to translation of German literary art. CONTENTS: Perspectives on the special characteristics of and research into Finnish translation of literary art. Reading material, analysing assignments and translation into Finnish.

Language combinations:

  • German-Finnish
  • Finnish-German

Type of course: Bachelor

Institution: University of Turku

Contact name: Leena Salminen, PhD

Contact email: leenie@utu.fi

Contact name: Department of German